GDT: GAME 43 | Sens @ Isles | Merrily, Merrily, Merrily | Tue Jan 14 2025, 7:30PM | TSN5, RDS2

[slamigo]

Seemed like the 4th line created a lot and helped wear down the Isles.
Highmore - Ostapchuk - MacEwen looked really solid.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Mouth or nose looked like

Definitely the mouth. Looked mostly bottom lip area.

 

[Dan Patrick]

Mid January, Norris is healthy and the Senators are looking good for a wildcard spot. This is exactly what i was hoping for before the season. Hell yeah.

Definitely had a huge scare when he took that puck to the ankle and had to be helped off the ice.

Huge sigh of relief when he got back to the bench.

 

[Alex1234]

Kleven had a huuuuuge game

 

[BondraTime]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

 

[Micklebot]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

Not really a big deal, a vet AHL goalie is 100-200k anyways, so we spend an extra 575-675k on our AHL goalie for one year, it has no cap implication, the only real downside is it's a contract for a guy unlikely to get any callups unless something changes.

 

[armani]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

Unless there is a GM foolish enough to give Staios a future consideration, I don't see a market for Soogard and see him get the MacEwen treatment next season where he makes NHL money in Belleville. Impact to Andlauer's checkbook, but the right move where there is no cap impact to the OSens.

Forsberg will be a UFA and Merilainen will potentially back up Ullmark full-time.

 

[TheNewEra]

Unless there is a GM foolish enough to give Staios a future consideration, I don't see a market for Soogard and see him get the MacEwen treatment next season where he makes NHL money in Belleville. Impact to Andlauer's checkbook, but the right move where there is no cap impact to the OSens.

Forsberg will be a UFA and Merilainen will potentially back up Ullmark full-time.

i just hope we sign a 2b/3a goalie just to insulate merilainen enough

as for soogard i agree, unless he somehow has a hell of an offseason he is basically going to be our goalie version of macewen

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Also Greig played well. Two games in a row

 

[BigRig4]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

Did not know he was still under contract next year :/

 

[PlayOn]

Also Greig played well. Two games in a row

Green seems to be a huge Greig fan. He led all forwards in ice time last night.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Seemed like the 4th line created a lot and helped wear down the Isles.
Highmore - Ostapchuk - MacEwen looked really solid.

That line definitely isn't getting the kudos it deserves the last two games. They're bringing a lot of grit and energy and making life very hard on the opposition every shift they're on the ice. My guess is all three stay in Ottawa the rest of the season unless we go get some more depth at the TDL.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Unless there is a GM foolish enough to give Staios a future consideration, I don't see a market for Soogard and see him get the MacEwen treatment next season where he makes NHL money in Belleville. Impact to Andlauer's checkbook, but the right move where there is no cap impact to the OSens.

Forsberg will be a UFA and Merilainen will potentially back up Ullmark full-time.

Green seems to be a huge Greig fan. He led all forwards in ice time last night.

He’s been good since the contract.

 

[Dionysus]

That line definitely isn't getting the kudos it deserves the last two games. They're bringing a lot of grit and energy and making life very hard on the opposition every shift they're on the ice. My guess is all three stay in Ottawa the rest of the season unless we go get some more depth at the TDL.

Highmore has been very solid. Aggressive on the forecheck, some good speed. Seems to have a good sense to getting himself to the net and in the right spot to get shots. Some smart passes back to the points to extend zone time as well.

 

[Dionysus]

Green seems to be a huge Greig fan. He led all forwards in ice time last night.

Swiss army knife, Green puts him anywhere and he plays well.

Looks like the team and coaching staff is getting more comfortable changing up lines in game depending on the situation.

Brady-Bath-Stu after a PK, Grieg slotting in for Gaudette if the Stutzle line needs to come out and they are in dzone or against a tough matchup.

 

[lang006]

That line definitely isn't getting the kudos it deserves the last two games. They're bringing a lot of grit and energy and making life very hard on the opposition every shift they're on the ice. My guess is all three stay in Ottawa the rest of the season unless we go get some more depth at the TDL.

Amadio, Gregor and Perron all returning at some point soon. Isn't Reinhart injured currently too? Those returnees in all likelihood move at least Highmore and McEwan back down. I have liked them as an energy line as well. The odd rough shift but when they are out they've typically hemmed in the opposition pretty effectively which is perfect for a fourth line. All you can ask and nice to seemingly have lots of options as injuries come up.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Not really a big deal, a vet AHL goalie is 100-200k anyways, so we spend an extra 575-675k on our AHL goalie for one year, it has no cap implication, the only real downside is it's a contract for a guy unlikely to get any callups unless something changes.

They can bury it, but teams generally don't like to have 1-way money on the books.

Both Sogaard and MacEwan in the AHL will be about a million above the cost of two AHL veterans.

We clearly aren't a budget team like we were under Melnyk, but every team does have a budget or a set limitation with spending. So maybe Sogaard's one way contract isn't of major consequences, but the money has to come out of somewhere. It would be a positive to get it off the books.

 

[bicboi64]

f*** work for calling me in last minute and makiing me miss this game. Watching this team lock in defensively against NYI would've been awesome.

That team's roster construction is so mid. I wonder which aging vet they'll sign next

 

[Micklebot]

They can bury it, but teams generally don't like to have 1-way money on the books.

Both Sogaard and MacEwan in the AHL will be about a million above the cost of two AHL veterans.

We clearly aren't a budget team like we were under Melnyk, but every team does have a budget or a set limitation with spending. So maybe Sogaard's one way contract isn't of major consequences, but the money has to come out of somewhere. It would be a positive to get it off the books.

Sure, but the negatives are shipping out a pick, and improving our oppositions cap situation, all to save 500-700k. That's not nothing, but I don't see why we'd be in any sort of rush to make that happen. Maybe if it was multi year deal at one way money, but we didn't rush to move out MacEwen, so why would we rush to move out Sogaard?

 

[Cosmix]

Stü is dancing today, but he's being a bit of a puck hog.

We need some Fs for Stutzle to play with. Old farts won't do it as they cannot keep up with him and don't present a fast passing opportunity for him.

He can play at a high pace level; the old verbs cannot.

 

[Cosmix]

Why do we respond to our goal by throwing out our 4th line to get hemmed in?

It's a puzzling strategy by Green to be sure. Hopefully one of the wise men (reporters) will ask him that Q someday.

 

[Cosmix]

Unless there is a GM foolish enough to give Staios a future consideration, I don't see a market for Soogard and see him get the MacEwen treatment next season where he makes NHL money in Belleville. Impact to Andlauer's checkbook, but the right move where there is no cap impact to the OSens.

Forsberg will be a UFA and Merilainen will potentially back up Ullmark full-time.

I think there might be a GM with "size" issues!

 

[GCK]

Need to get Soogard out of the org ASAP

Can't have his 1-way deal on the team next year

Why ? If Andlauer is fine paying him to play in Belleville I won’t complain.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Swiss army knife, Green puts him anywhere and he plays well.

Looks like the team and coaching staff is getting more comfortable changing up lines in game depending on the situation.

Brady-Bath-Stu after a PK, Grieg slotting in for Gaudette if the Stutzle line needs to come out and they are in dzone or against a tough matchup.

My memory is foggy but I am almost certain DJ rarely ever made in game adjustments.

 

[Cosmix]

That was the best game I've seen Sanderson play as a Senator.

He was absolutely amazing.

What a huge win. NYI actually came to play but we played a terrific game.

Leevi was amazing. He just said in an interview "I felt it was a chess match that we won." What a great analysis for this game. Smart guy.

I think we did NOT play a great game; we failed to skate well enough to smother them and get more shots and goals. NYI is not a good team; we played a poor game. Glad we won, but we could easily have lost this game.